Chapter 167: The Auction, Part 5

Chapter 167: The Auction, Part 5

"As our next item, the Minecrawler King's blood! We have here five buckets of it!" the auctioneer announced.

Woooooo!

People cheered when they heard the amount of blood on sale.

"We will have a bid for each bucket separately! Two hundred and fifty gold is the starting price, let's begin!"

Ooooooh!

Many made disappointed sounds when they heard the price. Some people of the lower standing hoped they could buy a small vial, but apparently, this was not possible.

The Minecrawler King was a powerful beast and even just a vial of blood would have great effects on a mortal body if it was consumed. Unfortunately, it seemed that the Auction House wanted to sell it in bulk since they had so much. They didn't want it to go bad, after all.

"Three hundred!"

One of the first ones to bid was the Elder Balin from the Magic Academy. They needed good quality blood for writing Runes that would be at the final test for their students. They would have to make their own basic Runestones after all.

"Three hundred and thirty!"

"Three-fifty!"

"Three"

The price slowly rose, many rich and powerful noble families trying to outbid each other. The blood of such a powerful monster was rare, especially one that started evolving to the Fire Element.

Gerald sighed when watching the valuable liquid exchange hands. He regretted, now more than ever, not collecting more blood from the Queen when he had the chance.

The plate was full of runes and it was clear that it was an object of great value. A few important figures already stood up and leaned forward on the balcony from their private rooms.

"I believe I don't have to explain much about this thing" Sandor calmly said. "It is a Recharge Plate for any and all magic treasures with five times the recharge rate! The beginning price is seven hundred! The minimum bid is fifty! Let's begin!"

As you would expect, a massive bidding war took place for the Recharge Plate. But that was completely normal, after all, it was the only way for mages to quickly recharge their jewelry and magic equipment.

Listening to the price raise to two thousand in a matter of minutes, Gerald quietly sighed and shook his head. Some people really had too much money.

An item like this was not for just anyone, especially since its value would only be paid off after decades of use. Rich mages had enough money to simply buy another set of equipment as a backup, they didn't need to wait for it to recharge itself.

The Recharge Plate was more of a status symbol, only the most wealthy could buy it.

Alchemist Adhbrew also seemed uninterested in the object as only rare herbs and potions could ignite a fire in his heart in his old age.

"Okay, now that that's behind us" Sandor spoke after the item was sold, "We will be selling a special item."

He opened his Golden Space Pouch and took out a book.

"This is a copy of an ancient scroll that the Ring of Water found when clearing the ruins in the swamps to the south! I'm sure some of you still remember the things that happened a few decades ago, after the last war with the Empire."

"Anyway, the Ring of Water spent a lot of resources and manpower, but they were unable to translate that scroll. It is because of the language that was never before seen in our world! After failing to make any sense of this thing, they decided to sell a copy in hopes that someone might find a clue to this ancient knowledge!"

The auctioneer lifted the book for all to see and scrolled through it. It was nothing special, the pages were filled with lines and symbols, but nobody had any clue as to what they meant.

However, when Gerald saw the big words on the front page, he trembled. Although he was quite far and wasn't sure if he saw it right, he became visibly excited.

"I need to get that book!" He clenched his fists and stared at the stage below with determination.